Trump Achievements

Trump_Achivements

Date	Category	SubCategory	Detail	Source	Short Description
05/04/2017	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	On the annual National Day of Prayer,[6] President Trump signed an executive order on religious liberty. Among its provisions, it loosened IRS restrictions against political activities by tax-exempt religious organizations, effectively weakening the Johnson Amendment; and it attempted to make it easier for employers not to provide contraceptives if they had religious objections.[7] The order gave conservative Attorney General Jeff Sessions greater authority regarding religious liberty policy.[8] Although well received by some Christians and conservatives,[9] others criticized it for being ineffective and easy to repeal.[10] According to the Family Research Council nearly one year later, the order helped faith-based groups give healthcare coverage to 13.7 million Americans, among other positive effects	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT	Religious Liberty executive order signed
10/06/2017	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The Department of Health and Human Services rolled back the ObamaCare contraceptive mandate which required employers to provide birth control and sterilization procedures to employees even if the employers disagreed with the services for religious and moral reasons.[12][13] The Trump Administration finalized the rules on November 7, 2018	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT	ObamaCare contraceptive mandate rolled back
10/06/2017	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The Department of Justice issued several memos directing how federal agencies should interpret religious freedom, directing the DOJ to vet proposed regulations for any potential impact on religious freedom, and ordering the IRS not to enforce the Johnson Amendment	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT	Religios freedom interpretation memos issues by DOJ
11/06/2017	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The Department of Agriculture issued a guidance protecting religious liberty and ensuring that Christians who opposed homosexual "marriage" would not be discriminated against for their beliefs.	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT	Anti-descrimination guidance issued by dept of ag
	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	While a symbolic move, the newly-sworn-in Trump Administration quickly removed the Obama Administration's web pages on LGBTQ issues, among some other left-wing causes	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT	Obama Administration's web pages on LGBTQ and other left wing issues removed
	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	President Trump rescinded former President Obama's pro-transgender guidelines for schools receiving federal aid that are subject to Title IX.[18] A day earlier, the Trump Administration announced it would discontinue Obama's pro-transgender policies,[19] and earlier that month the DOJ refused to defend the policy or appeal a court-ordered injunction on the policy.	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT	Rescinded former President Obama's pro-transgender guidelines for schools receiving federal aid
	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The Justice Department dropped its discrimination lawsuit against North Carolina for its "bathroom bill" (filed under the Obama Administration) after North Carolina passed a compromise bill. Homosexual activists still opposed the new bill	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT	DOJ dropped its descrimination lawsuit (bathroom bill)
05/01/2017	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	the Trump Administration began to undo Section 1557 of ObamaCare, which would have helped liberals gain transexual "rights" through the courts	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT	Section 1557 of ObamaCare section 1557 undo comnenced
06/01/2017	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	President Trump did not proclaim June 2017 as LGBT Pride Month, unlike former presidents Clinton and Obama	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT	Did not proclaim LGBT pride month
	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The Department of Defense announced it would delay an Obama Administration plan to have the military recruit transgender people for six months in order to ensure the military's readiness would not be affected by the change.[24] On July 26, 2017, President Trump announced he would reverse Obama's policy and disallow transgender people from serving in the military,[25] and he formally signed an order banning them from joining the military on August 25, 2017.[26] President Trump signed a final order on March 23, 2018, that banned transgender individuals from military service but with certain exceptions	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT	Announced intention to ban transgender individuals from military service
10/04/2017	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The Department of Justice issued a memo reversing an Obama-era policy that had the DOJ interpret the scope of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to extend to "gender identity."[28] The Interior Department removed "sexual orientation" from its 2017 ethics guide	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT	Reversal of Obama policy regardog DOJ interpretation of gender and civil rights
	Religious Freedom	Appointments	President Trump appointed Roger Severino, a strong defender of religious liberty, to the HHS Office for Civil Rights.[30] By April 2018, Severino had become a major figure in advancing the Trump Administration's pro-religious liberty policies	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT	Roger Severino to the HHS Office for Civil Rights
06/06/2017	Religious Freedom	Appointments	The Trump Administration appointed Valerie Huber, an abstinence education advocate, to the position of chief of staff to the assistant secretary for health at the HHS	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT	Valerie Huber as COS to assistant secretary for health
07/01/2017	Religious Freedom	Appointments	President Trump appointed Bethany Kozma, a conservative homemaker and anti-transgender activist as Senior Adviser in the Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment division of USAID.[34] In March 2018, Kozma reportedly stated that the U.S. "is a pro-life country" at a private United Nations meeting.	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT	Bethany Kozma, as Senior Adviser in the Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment division of USAID
	Religious Freedom	Proclaimations	President Trump declared this week to be National Family Week to "emphasize the importance of preserving and promoting strong families, the cornerstone of our society	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT	National Family Week
	Religious Freedom	Other	President Donald Trump became the first sitting U.S. President to speak at the Family Research Council's Values Voter Summit,[37] in which he voiced strong support for social conservative policies.[	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT	Became the first sitting U.S. President to speak at the Family Research Council's Values Voter Summit
02/09/2018	Religious Freedom	Legislation Signed	President Trump signed a government funding bill that also had a provision assuring disaster relief from FEMA to churches and other houses of worship and ending the agency's practice of denying funds to the institutions simply because of their religious status.[	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
12/11/2018	Religious Freedom	Legislation Signed	President Trump signed the Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act into law, which ensured that U.S. aid to the Middle East would reach Christians and other religious minorities, and it authorized the government to directly fund faith-based groups and other NGOs working in the region	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The HHS created the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division office, part of the Office of Civil Rights, in order to protect doctors and other healthcare workers from being forced to participate in abortions, euthanasia, and transgender surgeries.[32][51] The next day, the HHS began the process of enacting a regulation to require healthcare providers to follow laws that protect workers' from being forced to perform services, such as abortions, that violate their consciences.	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The DOJ added new guidelines regarding religious liberty in its U.S. Attorneys' Manual, prioritizing the issue for the department and intended to strengthen such protections	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The HHS changed its Title X family planning grants to promote conservative priorities such as favoring religious organizations as well as groups that promote abstinence and do not perform abortions	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
05/03/2018	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	Speaking at a National Day of Prayer event,[55] President Trump signed an order creating a faith-based White House office, the White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative, intended to help protect religious liberty and include the perspective of "faith-based" Americans when making policy	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
05/09/2018	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The Education Department moved to review existing regulations restricting religious universities from receiving federal money ? with the intention of changing or removing those regulations ? in order to strengthen religious freedom protections for those institutions	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The DOJ announced a new initiative ? its "Place to Worship Initiative" ? to combat religious discrimination against houses of worship by municipalities.	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The State Department hosted the first-ever U.S. government summit on religious freedom.[59] At the end of the summit, the State Department released the Potomac Declaration and the Potomac Plan of Action, which emphasized the importance of religious liberty to the U.S. government, called on other countries to protect religious freedom, and outlined specific steps for these countries to follow to protect religious freedom. The Trump Administration also announced the establishment of an International Religious Freedom Fund, as well as the Genocide Recovery and Persecution Response Program to quickly provide aid to persecuted religious minorities	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	Attorney General Sessions announced the creation of its Religious Liberty Task Force to help it implement a pro-religious liberty guidance it issued in October 2017	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
11/07/2018	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The Trump Administration finalized two rules allowing employers with religious objections to opt out of the ObamaCare contraceptive mandate and ensuring that taxpayer-funded healthcare subsidies would not be used to fund abortions	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	USAID announced a new policy expanding its funding of private and religious schools in developing countries	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
02/01/2018	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	It was reported that the Education Department would no longer investigate claims by transgender students of being forced to use the bathroom of their biological gender	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	President Trump signed an order banning transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military except in "limited circumstances."[27] On January 22, 2019, the Supreme Court allowed the ban to temporarily go into effect pending hearings in lower courts,[64] and the Pentagon finally moved to implement the order in March 2019.[65] It was reported that various agencies in the Trump Administration removed instances to LGBT information on their websites.[66] Additionally, the Trump Administration successfully pressured the 4-H to rescind a pro-homosexuality rule from its website	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The HHS announced it would shift its funds in the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program to programs promoting abstinence.	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
05/11/2018	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The Bureau of Prisons reversed several Obama Administration guidelines catering to transgender inmates and making one's biological gender the main factor in deciding which facilities and bathrooms to assign inmates	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
06/01/2018	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The Department of Defense did not issue a memo commemorating LGBT Pride Month, a change from previous years.[70] This came shortly after the White House also refused to commemorate the month.[71] Despite this, other federal government agencies, including the National Park Service and Veterans Administration, did celebrate the month.	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
10/01/2018	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The Trump Administration implemented a rule denying visas to same-sex domestic partners of foreign diplomats, effectively reversing a 2009 Obama Administration decision.[73] While the Trump Administration based its decision on the faulty 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court decision, its action ended the special benefits provided to homosexual individuals in this area.[	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Appointments	The U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed ? with Vice President Mike Pence casting a tie-breaking vote ? social conservative Sam Brownback to be the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Proclaimations	President Trump declared this day Religious Freedom Day, 2018, proclaiming that "our forefathers, seeking refuge from religious persecution, believed in the eternal truth that freedom is not a gift from the government, but a sacred right from Almighty God."[75] Trump stood up for Christians when by stating that "no American?whether a nun, nurse, baker, or business owner?should be forced to choose between the tenets of faith or adherence to the law.	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Proclaimations	President Trump declared this week National Family Week	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The Trump Administration announced it would grant a waiver to South Carolina allowing faith-based foster care organizations to still receive funding despite adhering to Christian values on marriage	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
03/11/2019	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The Education Department, implementing a 2017 Supreme Court decision, announced it would stop enforcing a federal law banning religious organizations from giving federally-funded services to private schools	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
05/02/2019	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The HHS issued the finalized rule protecting the consciences and religious freedom of doctors and other health workers by allowing them not to perform practices such as abortion, euthanasia, and sterilization if they oppose such practices.[85] Meanwhile, the HHS's Office for Civil Rights changed its mission statement to emphasize religious freedom	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	By mid-2019, the Trump Administration had doubled the number of investigations under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, and it significantly increased the number of court cases on the issue	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The Federal Aviation Administration announced it would investigate two airports ? in San Antonio and Buffalo ? for religious discrimination after they banned Chick-fil-A from building restaurants in the facilities	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The State Department moved to create a Commission on Unalienable Rights, a human rights panel based on "natural law and natural rights."[89] On July 8, 2019, Secretary Pompeo officially created the Commission on Unalienable Rights.	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
07/03/2019	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The Department of Veterans Affairs strengthened religious liberty protections in its hospitals, allowing Bibles on its premises again.	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The State Department launched its second Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, the largest religious freedom conference ever held, and with Secretary Pompeo announcing an international alliance to counter religious persecution	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The Labor Department proposed a rule exempting federal contractors from hiring practice regulations if those regulations violate their religious convictions	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
09/10/2019	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	President Trump announced he would lift a federal ban on funding for faith-based historically black colleges and universities	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	Rather than focus on climate change as most of the UN, President Trump gave a major speech promoting religious freedom, stating that "the United States is founded on the principle that our rights do not come from government they come from God," among other strong statements	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The DOJ filed a statement of interest supporting the religious freedom of a Catholic school in Indiana that fired a teacher for living in a homosexual lifestyle	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
11/01/2019	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The Trump Administration announced it would stop enforcing an Obama-era policy that forced faith-based adoption agencies to put children under their care in LGBT households.[	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The DOJ filed a statement of interest supporting a Christian school in Maryland that had been excluded from a state scholarship program because of its Bible-based views on the definition of marriage.	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
12/01/2019	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The Education Department proposed a student loan forgiveness policy that included faith-based schools.	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
03/12/2019	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	Acting Deputy Defense Secretary David Norquist signed a directive implementing the Trump Administration's transgender military ban, after the Supreme Court and a federal court lifted injunctions on the policy.[65] The policy went into effect on April 12, 2019	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed repealing an Obama-era rule requiring single-sex homeless shelters to admit individuals based on their claimed gender identity rather than their biological gender.	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The HHS proposed changing ObamaCare's definition of "sex discrimination" to remove gender identity, removing protections from transgender individuals consistent with federal law.	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
06/07/2019	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	It was reported that the State Department refused to allow U.S. embassies to fly the rainbow "pride flag" on official flagpoles.[	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The Department of Housing and Urban Development removed "Addressing the Needs of LGBT Individuals" as part of its criteria for organizations to receive grants from the agency.	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The Trump Administration ordered the city of Ames, Iowa, to repaint homosexual-themed crosswalks because they did not meet code.	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Proclaimations	President Trump declared this week National Family Week	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Other	President Trump endorsed Bible literacy classes in public schools	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
02/07/2019	Religious Freedom	Other	Speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast, President Trump spoke in favor of faith-based adoption organizations and vowed to protect them, among other statements	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
03/01/2019	Religious Freedom	Other	By the Trump Administration's second year, conservative and Christian colleges saw more of their students accepted as interns inside the administration than under the entire Obama Administration.	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Other	President Trump spoke at the socially conservative Faith & Freedom Coalition policy conference and made several strong statements.	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Religious Freedom	Other	Among other statements, President Trump criticized Democrats for seeing little value in religious faith.[111] Separately from the president, Attorney General Bill Barr made statements promoting religious freedom and Judeo-Christian values,[112] and Vice President Pence also spoke in favor of religious freedom and for faith-based adoption agencies	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
09/12/2019	Religious Freedom	Other	Vice President Pence and Secretary of State Pompeo spoke at a Concerned Women for America conference.	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
10/12/2019	Religious Freedom	Other	President Trump spoke at the socially conservative Values Voter Summit, making strongly conservative statements	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
01/08/2020	Religious Freedom	Executive Actions	The DOJ issued a legal opinion arguing that the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment had already passed and that the proposed amendment thus could not come into force without Congress starting the ratification process over again.	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Religious_liberty_and_LGBT
	Veterans	Legislation Signed	President Trump signed an extension of the Veterans Choice Act of 2014, which allowed veterans to seek medical care outside the VA system due to serious VA problems.	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Veterans
06/02/2017	Veterans	Legislation Signed	President Trump signed a bill into law giving preference in federal grants to "federal and state law enforcement agencies that hire and train veterans"	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Veterans
	Veterans	Legislation Signed	President Trump signed the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act into law (Trump described the law as "one of the largest reforms to the VA in its history"[9]), which expanded protections for VA whistleblowers, gave the VA the authority to end bonuses to convicted employees, made quicker and easier the process for firing, suspending, and demoting employees.	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Veterans
08/12/2017	Veterans	Legislation Signed	President Trump signed a bill which, in addition to extending the department's Choice Program for an additional six months, authorized $1.8 billion so the VA could lease and open 28 medical facilities and so it could implement a new hiring program.	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Veterans
	Veterans	Legislation Signed	President Trump signed a bill into law expanding GI benefits for veterans, including removing a 15-year time limit on using GI benefits and giving veterans additional payments for science, engineering, and technology courses at universities, among other provisions	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Veterans
	Veterans	Legislation Signed	President Trump signed a bill into law streamlining and making more convenient the process for veterans to appeal disability benefit claims	https://www.conservapedia.com/Donald_Trump_achievements:_Veterans

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